Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:28:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Jamie <jamie@gnulife.org> To: Edward Ajhar <eajhar@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: portupgrade/portinstall problem Message-ID: <20040718212324.U21190@floyd.gnulife.org> In-Reply-To: <20040719021645.61131.qmail@web40302.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040719021645.61131.qmail@web40302.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, 18 Jul 2004, Edward Ajhar wrote:
> I don't seem to be able to install ports any longer. This is what
> happens, for example,
>
> # portinstall astro/xworld
> ---> Session started at: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:30:03 -0400
> ** None has been installed or upgraded.
> ---> Session ended at: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:30:04 -0400
> (consumed00:00:00)
> #
>
>
> Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this behavior?
The portname (the directory name) is probably inconsistent with the
PORTNAME in the Makefile for the port. To correct it, do this:
grep PORTNAME /usr/ports/astro/Makefile
Then use the the value of PORTNAME with portinstall:
portinstall xworld
- Jamie
>
> Thanks.
>
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